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Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt has hired former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Chris Weinke to coach the Vols’ running backs, the school announced Wednesday. Pruitt and Weinke worked together last season at Alabama and were a part of the Crimson Tide’s 2017 national championship staff, Pruitt as the defensive coordinator and Weinke as an offensive analyst. Prior

Mike Patrick has ended his long and distinguished career at ESPN. Patrick began his play-by-play role with the network in 1982. He called his last event on Dec. 30, Iowa State’s 21-20 victory over Memphis in the 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, the network announced Wednesday. Patrick will be at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday night

Hampton University, which is leaving the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for the Big South in July 2018, accused the MEAC of making “unreasonable” and “vindictive” demands of Hampton in the transition. Hampton said Tuesday in a release that the MEAC has refused to sit down to discuss the transition and will not allow Hampton to play

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has hired former Florida coach Jim McElwain to coach its wide receivers. Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh announced the addition to his staff Tuesday. At Florida, the 55-year-old McElwain became the first coach in SEC history to lead his team to the SEC championship game in each of his first two

FORT WORTH, Texas — Baker Mayfield doesn’t like comparisons to Johnny Manziel, although the Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma wasn’t surprised by them after an arrest and other antics during his time with the Sooners. At a stop in his home state of Texas to accept the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback,

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Cam Akers broke the Florida State freshman rushing record Dalvin Cook set only a few years ago, but ask about his performance in 2017 and Akers replies simply, “There could have been so much more done.” Even though he rushed for 1,024 yards as a true freshman? “As a team, there were

Former Florida head coach Jim McElwain has signed a deal to join Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan as an assistant on offense. “I’m excited to get back into it and am looking forward to going there and learning and helping Michigan get better,” McElwain told ESPN. McElwain said he’s scheduled to start work on Sunday

JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State has sued Miami and is seeking $650,000 in damages for failing to reschedule the football game in Jonesboro that was canceled in September because of concerns about Hurricane Irma. The lawsuit was filed in Craighead County District Court late Friday afternoon, and Arkansas State says Miami has “refused to timely

Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio’s annual contract extension was approved Friday morning by the school’s board of trustees. Dantonio’s contract with the Spartans now runs through 2024. In 2016, he signed a six-year rolling contract, which stipulates that one year is added to his deal on an annual basis. According to reporters at Friday’s

A weird thing happened about a week and a half ago: Alabama’s recruiting efforts were, shall we say, underwhelming. On at least five high-valued targets, the Crimson Tide came up empty. By the end of the holiday formerly known as national signing day, coach Nick Saban was in the unfamiliar position of not possessing the

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss has filed its appeal of the NCAA committee on infractions’ decision to ban the football program from the postseason in 2018, limit unofficial recruiting visits and cite the school for lack of institutional control in a case involving 21 violations. The NCAA committee handed down its decision in December after

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be chatting with each ACC football coach to go over the highs and lows of 2017 and take a look at what’s in store for spring practice and the season ahead. Next up, Miami coach Mark Richt, whose Hurricanes won their first Coastal Division but face a 2018 season

Florida Atlantic defensive coordinator Chris Kiffin is leaving for a coaching position with the San Francisco 49ers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Kiffin’s departure leaves Owls coach and brother Lane Kiffin without the two coordinators who helped guide the team to a Conference USA championship this past season. Kendal Briles left FAU to become

Two Ohio State assistant coaches are joining the $1 million club. The Buckeyes released salary information on its assistant coaches Wednesday, and defensive coordinator Greg Schiano got a raise to $1.5 million a year — up from $700,000 last year. Ryan Day, head coach Urban Meyer’s offensive coordinator/QB coach, got a raise to $1 million,

LINCOLN, Neb. — His late grandfather’s United States Marine Corps ring hangs from the mirror of Zack Darlington’s F-150 XLT SuperCrew pickup truck, alongside the dog tags left over from high school football, adorned with a call to exhibit honor, excellence and effort. No more appropriate representation of Darlington could exist. When the Nebraska quarterback-turned-receiver

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents voted Tuesday to deny football coach Bob Davie’s appeal of a 30-day suspension, which was the result of a university investigation into alleged misconduct in his program. New Mexico spokeswoman Cinnamon Blair told ESPN that the regents voted to deny Davie’s appeal during executive session on Tuesday.

Michigan State faculty members issued a vote of no confidence in the university’s board of trustees Tuesday afternoon as the campus continues to deal with fallout from the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. USA Gymnastics told Congress it has not used non-disclosure agreements in investigations except in the case of Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney,

Scoot over, Alabama. The team to beat in 2018 is Clemson, not the defending national champion, according to the Football Power Index’s (FPI) initial preseason rankings release. The reason is simple: returning talent. Though Alabama was the most efficient team in the country last season, it will return only 10 starters. Clemson is bringing back